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NFL Insider Reveals Chicago Bears Tried to Trade Nick Foles Back to the Philadelphia Eagles
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With Record Crowd Since Pandemic, Dallas Cowboys Look to Welcome the Fans Back to AT&T Stadium
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Can the Aaron Rodgers Trade Saga Be Resolved With a Trade Involving QB Jordan Love?
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Pittsburgh Steelers GM Has No Qualms About Drafting Running Back Najee Harris With First-Round Pick
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NFL Analyst Feels it’s on the Green Bay Packers to Repair Relationship With Aaron Rodgers
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‘Meant a Lot to Me’- Buccaneers Rookie QB Kyle Trask on Tom Brady Reaching Out to Him
Tom Brady recently called on his new rookie teammate Kyle Trask to run some drills with him to prepare for the upcoming NFL season.
Max Kellerman Claims ‘Aaron Rodgers Doesn’t Have to Play Till He’s 45’
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History
In August 1920, representatives from four states: Akron, Canton, Cleveland, and Dayton, held a meeting and formed the American Professional Football Conference (APFC) to improve footballing standards in the country. A month later, they formed the American Professional Football Association (APFA) and played a league with 14 teams. In 1922, they changed the name to the National Football League (NFL).
In 1960, a new professional league, the American Football League (AFL) started as a competition against the NFL. After six years, in 1966, the two leagues announced a merger that would take effect in 1970. During the four years between the announcement and the actual merger, the leagues started playing a Championship game which was called The Super Bowl. Since then, the two leagues have been recognized as two separate conferences within the same league, the NFL.
Participating teams
There are 32 teams in the NFL divided equally into two conferences: National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). Each conference is further divided into 4 divisions: East, North, South, and West, with each division containing four teams.
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